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The
overall objective of the Practitioner
Exam is to measure whether a candidate
would be able to apply PRINCE2 to the
running and managing of a project within
an environment supporting PRINCE2. To
this end the candidate needs to exhibit
the competence required for the
Foundation qualification, and show that
the candidate can apply and tune PRINCE2
to address the needs and problems of a
specific project scenario. Specifically,
the candidate must be able
to:-
•
Produce detailed explanations of all
processes, components and techniques, and
worked
examples of all PRINCE2 products as they
might be applied to address the
particular
circumstances of a given project
scenario.
• Demonstrate the understanding the
relationships between processes,
components,
techniques and PRINCE2 products and can
apply this understanding.
• Demonstrate the understanding of the
reasons behind the processes, components
and
techniques of PRINCE2, and the
understanding of the principles
underpinning these elements.
• Demonstrate the ability to tune PRINCE2
to different project
circumstances.
The
Practitioner exam uses objective test questions
which require a student to choose a response to
a question from a set of choices for which the
correct answer is pre-determined. The
Practitioner exam demands a greater level of
understanding and application of the method
than the Foundation exam which largely tests
knowledge of principles and terminology of the
method. The 3 hour exam consists of 9 main
questions with a number of part-questions. Each
main question is worth 40 marks. The pass rate
is 180 marks out of a possible 360. The exam
includes one scenario which will provide a
description of the organisation, the business
rationale for the project and the project
objectives.
The exam
questions are divided into 5 learning levels.
Each level has its own marking scheme. The more
difficult the question, the more marks will be
awarded for that question.
There are 6
types of questions on the exam:
• Classic Multiple
Choice Questions – ‘ choose one from a
list’ of possible answers
• Yes/No – requires the candidate to assess
whether a statement is correct ‘ Yes’ or
‘No’
(chosen as the standard for ‘True/False’
type questions) ;
• Multiple Response – ‘choose the correct
options from a list’
• Matching – involves linking items in one
list to items in a second list
• Sequencing – events to be positioned in a
sequence
• Assertion/Reason – consists of two
statements an assertion and a reason,
candidate must determine whether each
statement is true and if both true whether
the reason correctly explains the
assertion.
During the Practitioner
exam the candidate is only allowed to bring the
‘Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2’
manual into the exam room. The student is
allowed to make notes in the ‘Managing
Successful Projects with PRINCE2’ manual. No
additional notes, diagrams or event manuals may
be used during the exam
“PRINCE
® is a Registered Trade Mark and a
Registered Community Trade Mark of the
Office of Government Commerce, and is
Registered in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office”. “PRINCE2 ™ is a Trade
Mark of the Office of Government
Commerce” The PRINCE2 “The PRINCE2
Cityscape logo ™ is a Trade Mark of the
Office of Government Commerce, and is
Registered in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office”
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